Word: foils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...really had to know was a little classical music. If the mes sage was preceded by excerpts from Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto, it was genuine; if it began with parts of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, Georgiev knew the message was a ruse designed to foil would-be counterspies. For a while, Georgiev played Name That Tune like an expert. Then, in September, he was somehow nabbed by Bulgarian police, and his seven-year career as a professional spy was ended...
Harvard's Dave Dooley did the best fencing of his career as he racked up a pair of wins in the foil. Kent Brittan's accurate point scored two touches in epee, while Paul Zygas, mainstay on the sabre team, gave the Crimson another two wins...
...Kirsch and Peter Basch in foil and Larry Butler in sabre each scored a touch...
Meanwhile, the freshmen were having problems of their own, as they fell 18-0 to the Beaver yearlings. Tom Musliser turned in an outstanding performance for the Yardlings, tallying three touches in the foil...
...Kirsch, Pete Busch and Dave Dooley have turned in encouragingly strong performances in their foil duels--an area in which the Crimson has been woefully weak in past years. It should give the varsity a needed boost if these three come through with several victories today...